Conakry National Museum

Conakry National Museum

Conakry National Museum or Guinea National Museum is the national museum of Guinea, situated in the capital, Conakry. It was established shortly after independence in 1960.[1] It contains displays of the ethnography and prehistory of Guinea, and has a considerable collection of masks and fetishes and a range of art.[2] The museum is located beside the Ignace Deen Hospital.[3]

See also

  • List of buildings and structures in Guinea

References

  1. ^ "Conakry, Guinea". SIBMAS. http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/gnc001.html. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Gale Research Inc (1995). Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Africa. Gale Research. p. 189. ISBN 9780810398801. http://books.google.com/books?id=GzQEAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 16 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, Alexandra Gazel (2007). République de Guinée, Guinée-Bissau. Petit Futé. ISBN 2746916037. http://books.google.ca/books?id=AHX6dt6qicsC&pg=PA184. 


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